Gilded Bronze Asian Rabbit Weight mask with horns a tribal culture based primarily

a tribal culture based primarily in Rwanda and Burundi

I have a vague recollection of seeing this wonderful fish tureen for sale at Bennington Potters sometime in the 80s

credited as the originator of Oaxacan "alebrijes"  wooden animal carvings

And in keeping with the dolphin design

which I believe it was constructed around

Gilded Bronze Asian Rabbit Weight mask with horns a tribal culture based primarilyI'm certain that this wonderful gilded cast bronze rabbit (I believe a rabbit, but a bit of an unusual one with those large flat floppy ears) is Asian, and was probably made as a weight of some sort (it resembles some mat weights and scroll weights, and some opium weights as well). But I've searched and searched and not found another quite like it, though there are a fair number of small gilded cast bronze animals out there Japanese and Chinese, as